City of Orange. Reflective sculpture in Orange Botanic Gardens. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
City of Orange. Reflective sculpture in Orange Botanic Gardens. / denisbin
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Orange. The Duntryleague Golf Club house is nicely situated in the city of orange. The property was part of one of the first land grants in the Orange area in 1834. James Dalton, a prominent Orange merchant purchased the land in 1876 to build a mansion named after his birthplace in Ireland. The house is a good example of mid Victorian splendour with extensive wrought iron filigree work. The estate included two gatehouses, ornate gates, stables, a dairy, three workers' cottages, a fern house, orchards, and vegetable gardens. The Dalton Bros. business grew to become the largest wholesale merchant business west of the Blue Mountains. The Dalton family was one of the wealthiest Catholic families in NSW. James lived here until his death in 1919. The Orange Golf Club purchased the estate in 1935. Note the fine classical style portico, the verandas, towers, and variety of styles in this 3 storey red brick, with slate roof house. It had its own chapel. The dormer windows in roof were probably for the servants. The tower has Romanesque rounded windows whilst the first and second floors have large rectangular windows. Note the strong corbels to support the slate roof. The house cost around £50,000 to build- a fortune at that time. A reserve for the town of Orange was set aside in 1829 but the town was not gazetted and ready for settlement until 1845. This means Orange was never a convict garrison town like Bathurst; although convicts were assigned to large pastoral estates in the district and they were often responsible for the building of huge shearing sheds, barns and walls etc. The first store in town was opened in 1849 by James Dalton. Their large department store eventually became part of the Farmers group and then the Meyers group from Sydney. The name for the new town was chosen by Major Thomas Mitchell as a tribute to the Dutch Prince of Orange (later King William III of Britain) and his role in the Peninsula Wars against Napoleon (1811-1812.) The town was not much more than a village when gold was discovered nearby at Ophir in 1851. The oldest buildings in town which you can see on your historical walk date from the 1850s and 1860s. They include: the original Anglican Church (1857) and the manse (1865); the old Union Bank (1862); the western end of St Joseph’s Catholic Church (1869); the Gladstone hotel (1865); and the Methodist Church (1863). The most opulent buildings date from the 1880s including the Gothic style school, the classical School of Arts, the Italianate Town Hall, and Post Office. Orange is also known for its many gracious old family homes. In the cities historical walk brochure they mention Mena, Pauline, Newstead, Hawthorndene, Galbally, Wendouree, Brownholme and more. One of the best known is Mena, in Kite Street built for the eldest son of James Dalton in 1875. Once the railway from Sydney reached Orange in 1877 the town progressed even more quickly and cereal cropping was replaced by stone fruit and cherry production. Apart from the wealthy Dalton family the most famous former resident of Orange was Banjo Paterson. His birth place was on Ophir Road where there is now a park and obelisk. There is also a monument to Banjo in the Civic Park adjacent to the Information Centre. Duntryleague is pictured below. Cook Park and Orange Botanic Gardens. Cook Park was established as a park in 1873. It is known for its fine European trees and for a brilliant display of begonias in the autumn months. It was named after the discoverer of Australia’s east coast. The caretaker’s cottage in the park was erected in 1887. Many of the trees were planted in 1878. The Botanic Gardens, located on the outskirts of town were only established in 1988 as a Bi-Centennial Project. The gardens feature exotic and native plants, a large billabong, a heritage rose garden and historic church. |
| 撮影日 | 2010-04-19 14:57:39 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-S950 , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.008 sec (1/125) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.1 |